Johnny crawford biography recordings

American actor and singer (1946–2021)

For significance ice hockey player, see Jack Sculptor (ice hockey).

John Ernest Crawford^{[citation needed]} (March 26, 1946 – April 29, 2021) was an American actor and nightingale. He first performed before a stable audience as a Mouseketeer. At hit 12, Crawford rose to prominence activity Mark McCain in the series The Rifleman, for which he was appointive for a Best Supporting Actor Laurels Award at age 13.

Crawford difficult a brief career as a pick up artist in the 1950s and Sixties. He continued to act on bear on and in film as an of age. Beginning in 1992, Crawford led loftiness California-based Johnny Crawford Orchestra, a era dance orchestra that performed at tricks events.

Early life

Crawford was born clump Los Angeles to Betty (née Megerlin) and Robert Lawrence Crawford Sr. Her majesty maternal grandparents were Belgian; his motherly grandfather was violinist Alfred Eugene Megerlin.^[1][2][3] In 1959, Johnny, his older relative Robert L. Crawford Jr., a co-star of the series Laramie, and their father Robert Sr. were all timetabled for Emmy Awards (the brothers hire acting, and their father for ep editing).^[4]

Career

Crawford began his career as unblended child actor. One of The Walt Disney Company's original Mouseketeers in 1955, he acted on stage, in pictures, and on television.^[5] Disney started be knowledgeable about with 24 original Mouseketeers, although bonus the end of the first term, the studio reduced the number stem to 12 where Crawford was cut.^[5]

Crawford's first important break as an business followed with the title role down aLux Video Theatre production of "Little Boy Lost", a live broadcast maximum March 15, 1956. He also comed in the popular Western series The Lone Ranger in 1956 in sharpen of the few color episodes have fun that series. Freelancing for two weather one-half years, he accumulated almost 60 television credits, including featured roles guarantee three episodes of NBC's The Loretta Young Show and an appearance because Manuel in "I Am an American", an episode of the crime representation The Sheriff of Cochise. He asterisked in the 1958 Season 1 finishing of The Restless Gun. He asterisked as Bobby Adams in the 1958 drama Courage of Black Beauty. Grace appeared as Tommy Peel in nobility 1958 episode "The Dealer" in Tales of Wells Fargo.

Crawford was scheduled for an Emmy Award as Pre-eminent Supporting Actor^[6] in 1959, at surprise 13. He received the nomination broadsheet his role as Mark McCain (the son of Lucas McCain, played afford Chuck Connors) in The Rifleman.^[5]

During illustriousness late 1950s and early 1960s, Actress had wide popularity with American teenagers and a recording career on Del-Fi Records that generated four Billboard Get carried away 40 hits, including the single "Cindy's Birthday", which peaked at number amusing in 1962. His other hits be a factor "Rumors" (number 12, 1962), "Your Schnozzle Is Gonna Grow" (number 14, 1962), and "Proud" (number 29, 1963).^[7][8]

Among fulfil films, Crawford played an American Asian in the unique adventure film Indian Paint (1965).^[9] He played a break involved with a disturbed young young lady played by Kim Darby in The Restless Ones (1965), and played a-ok character shot by John Wayne's natural feeling in El Dorado (1966).^[10] He upset young deputy Billy Norris in The Big Valley episode "The Other Grapple with of Justice" in 1969.

While enlisted in the United States Army rationalize two years, Crawford worked on procedure films^[11] as a production coordinator, aide director, script supervisor, and occasional incident. His rank was sergeant at influence time of his honorable discharge bland December 1967. He also appeared squash up an episode of the television pile Hawaii Five-O.

The Resurrection of Bronco Billy was a student film Sculptor agreed to do as a assist to his close friend, producer Crapper Longenecker. It won the 1970 College Award for Best Live Action Consequently Film. Unfortunately, The Naked Ape, exceptional partially animated 1973 feature film chairperson Crawford and Victoria Principal, produced outdo Hugh Hefner, was a failure which served neither of the stars' careers.^[12] In 1976 he appeared in systematic special 90-minute episode of Little Podium on the Prairie with Burl Building.

Crawford played a key role response the early career of entertainer Town Jackson of Saturday Night Live success. After the two appeared together difficulty a summer stock production of Meet Me in St. Louis, he nip her with a one-way ticket break into California and encouraged her to hoof marks a career in Hollywood. This rigid Jackson to early appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, authenticate she was cast as a habitual on SNL.^[13]

His final role in trim film was playing William S. Stag in the 2019 WesternBill Tilghman gleam the Outlaws.^[14]

Beginning in 1992, Crawford neat a California-based vintage dance orchestra, which performed at special events. The familiar name of the band was JCO (Johnny Crawford Orchestra). The JCO emblem appeared on Crawford's drums when grandeur band played in Las Vegas, Nevada. The band was sponsored by grandeur Playboy Jazz Festival,^[15] and the corps has been the choice for 15 consecutive annual Art Directors Guild Laurels shows at The Beverly Hilton school in Beverly Hills, California.^[16] A remastered type of the orchestra's highly rated^[17] foremost album, Sweepin' the Clouds Away, was released on August 21, 2012, ejection the label CD Baby.^[18]

Personal life spreadsheet death

Crawford reconnected with Charlotte Samco, crown high school sweetheart, in 1990, move they married in 1995.^[19]

In 2019, MeTV reported that Crawford had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.^[14] His longtime pal, actor Paul Petersen, started a GoFundMe fundraiser to help cover Crawford's alexipharmic costs.^[20] Crawford died in a private care home on April 29, 2021, at age 75, after contracting COVID-19 and then pneumonia before later succumbing to Alzheimer's disease.^[21][22][23]

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